Folklore By The Fireside

Author : Alessandro Falassi
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292772274

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Folklore by the Fireside by Alessandro Falassi Pdf

For centuries, social life in rural Tuscany has centered around the veglia, an evening gathering of family and friends at the hearth. Folklore by the Fireside is a thorough and insightful study of this custom—from the tales, riddles, lullabies, and folk prayers performed as the small children are put to bed to the courtship songs and dances later in the evening to the anti-veglia male gossip, card games, and protest songs originating in the tavern. Alessandro Falassi skillfully correlates the veglia to the rites of passage and family values of an agrarian society. Although the impact of mass media and other factors has tended to weaken the tradition, even today Tuscan children are taught to behave and adolescents are guided along the conventional path to adulthood, courtship, and marriage through veglia folklore. This is the first work to deal systematically with Tuscan folklore from a semiotic and structural viewpoint and to examine the veglia as a means of handing down traditional values. It is important not only for its careful, detailed description but also for its rigorous methodology and theoretical richness.

Author : Caitlin Matthews
Publisher : Barefoot Books
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1846860652

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Fireside Stories by Caitlin Matthews Pdf

Every time their brother turned a cartwheel, golden oranges fell from his pockets, along with sugar sweets in gold and silver paper. Schnitzle, Schnotzle & Schnootzle

Author : Sherri Brake
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1466401257

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Fireside Folklore of West Virginia by Sherri Brake Pdf

Ghosts, Spirits, Legends and Dark History.Fireside Folklore of West Virginia offers up locations of reported paranormal activity, haunted buildings, spooky spirits, folklore and the legends they are born from. The Mothman, The Headless Ghost of Centralia, The West Virginia Penitentiary, UFO's, Gravestone Symbolism, Ghosts on the Battlefield, and Burnt House Haints are just a few of the locations and subjects covered in this new series by author Sherri Brake. This paranormal folklore guide is the first in a spellbinding series focusing on the state's ghost stories, legends and haunted locations. Over 170 pages feature over 100 images including photographs and old folklore woodcuts. The 24 intriguing chapters are based on Sherri Brake's popular column appearing in West Virginia's largest independent publication, Two-Lane Livin'. Each story features extra details and photographs not seen in the original columns. Dim the lights, light a candle and enjoy.

Author : James E. Kibler,James K. Kibler,Brent H. Holcomb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1984-05-01
Category : Dutch Fork (S.C.)
ISBN : 0961161019

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Fireside Tales by James E. Kibler,James K. Kibler,Brent H. Holcomb Pdf

Author : Arthur Quiller-Couch
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664586025

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The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Arthur Quiller-Couch Pdf

This collection of tales will transport you to distant lands and times, where miracles unfold and secrets are revealed. Encounter the mystical allure of the White Wolf, follow Sindbad's adventures on Burrator, and witness the courage of Victor as he faces extraordinary challenges. With each story, Quiller-Couch weaves a tapestry of intrigue, emotion, and wonder, sure to leave you spellbound.

Author : Brian John
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 0905559673

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Fireside Tales from Pembrokeshire by Brian John Pdf

Author : Elliott Oring
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1986-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781457174599

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Folk Groups And Folklore Genres by Elliott Oring Pdf

Oring's introductory folklore text consists of a series of essays by leading scholars that give the student a solid sense of major folklore topics and interpretive techniques. Since 1986, when it was first published, this book has met the need for good instructional material at a time of tremendous growth in folklore programs and introductory courses in colleges and universities around the world.

Author : Giovanna Del Negro
Publisher : Guernica Editions
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 1550711741

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Looking Through My Mother's Eyes by Giovanna Del Negro Pdf

This look at the traditional and subversive world of women's folklore examines the realm of women's talk, exploring the ways Italian immigrant women from Montreal use classic folk genres to stretch the boundaries of their culture. Through songs, lullabies, bawdy riddles, and trickster tales, these women subvert, redefine, and alter what it means to be Italian and female in North America. More than just a study of Italian Canadians, this essay delves into broader themes of gender, immigration, and ethnicity, showcasing voices that contradict homogenizing interpretations of traditional historical scholarship.

Author : Leslie Conron Carola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1582882622

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Irish Fireside Tales by Leslie Conron Carola Pdf

The Irish are tellers of great tales, or one could say, they are great tellers of tales. Either way, we are the beneficiaries of an extraordinary oral tradition of stories, wrapped in myth and magic, preserving an ancient narrative. Tales told by a fire - whether ancient tales of the Celtic gods, kings, and heroes told round an open campfire with a gathering of warriors or elders, or tales of the simple country folk told round a rural kitchen fireplace with a gathering of neighbors on a winter's eve - are vibrant expressions of cultural tradidion and lore.

Author : Gža Rh̤eim
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1992-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0691028680

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Fire in the Dragon and Other Psychoanalytic Essays on Folklore by Gža Rh̤eim Pdf

The only Freudian to have been originally trained in folklore and the first psychoanalytic anthropologist to carry out fieldwork, Gza Rcheim (1891-1953) contributed substantially to the worldwide study of cultures. Combining a global perspective with encyclopedic knowledge of ethnographic sources, this Hungarian analyst demonstrates the validity of Freudian theory in both Western and non-Western settings. These seventeen essays, written between 1922 and 1953, are among Rcheim's most significant published writings and are collected here for the first time to introduce a new generation of readers to his unique interpretations of myths, folktales, and legends. From Australian aboriginal mythology to Native American trickster tales, from the Grimm folktale canon to Hungarian folk belief, Rcheim explores a wide range of issues, such as the relationship of dreams to folklore and the primacy of infantile conditioning in the formation of adult fantasy. An introduction by folklorist Alan Dundes describes Rcheim's career, and each essay is prefaced by a brief consideration of its intellectual and bibliographical context.

Author : Herbert Halpert,J.D.A. Widdowson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1276 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317551492

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Folktales of Newfoundland (RLE Folklore) by Herbert Halpert,J.D.A. Widdowson Pdf

This collection of Newfoundland folk narratives, first published in 1996, grew out of extensive fieldwork in folk culture in the province. The intention was to collect as broad a spectrum of traditional material as possible, and Folktales of Newfoundland is notable not only for the number and quality of its narratives, but also for the format in which they are presented. A special transcription system conveys to the reader the accents and rhythms of each performance, and the endnote to each tale features an analysis of the narrator’s language. In addition, Newfoundland has preserved many aspects of English and Irish folk tradition, some of which are no longer active in the countries of their origin. Working from the premise that traditions virtually unknown in England might still survive in active form in Newfoundland, the researchers set out to discover if this was in fact the case.

Author : Frank de Caro
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781496806338

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Folklore Recycled by Frank de Caro Pdf

Folklore Recycled starts from the proposition that folklore—usually thought of in its historical social context as “oral tradition”—is easily appropriated and recycled into other contexts. That is, writers may use folklore in their fiction or poetry, taking plots, as an example, from a folktale. Visual artists may concentrate on depicting folk figures or events, like a ritual or a ceremony. Tourism officials may promote a place through advertising its traditional ways. Folklore may play a role in intellectual conceptualizations, as when nationalists use folklore to promote symbolic unity. Folklore Recycled discusses the larger issue of folklore being recycled into non-folk contexts, and proceeds to look at a number of instances of repurposing. Colson Whitehead's novel John Henry Days is a literary text that recycles folklore but does so in a manner which examines a number of other uses of the American folk figure John Henry. The nineteenth-century members of the Louisiana branch of the American Folklore Society and the author Lyle Saxon in the twentieth century used African American folklore to establish personal connections to the world of the southern plantation and buttress their own social status. The writer Lafcadio Hearn wrote about folklore to strengthen his insider credentials wherever he lived. Photographers in Louisiana leaned on folklife to solidify local identity and to promote government programs and industry. Promoters of “unorthodox” theories about history have used folklore as historical document. Americans in Mexico took an interest in folklore for acculturation, for tourism promotion, for interior decoration, and for political ends. All of the examples throughout the book demonstrate the durability and continued relevance of folklore in every context it appears.

Author : Mohammed M. A. Ahmed
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131770658

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A Fire in My Heart by Mohammed M. A. Ahmed Pdf

A rich offering of traditional Kurdish tales, many never before offered in English, plus background information on the people, their culture, and history.

Author : Douglas Hyde
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465500748

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Beside the Fire: A Collection of Irish Gaelic Folk Stories by Douglas Hyde Pdf

Author : Daniel Peretti
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781496814593

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Superman in Myth and Folklore by Daniel Peretti Pdf

Superman rose from popular culture--comic books, newspaper strips, radio, television, novels, and movies" but people have so embraced the character that he has now become part of folklore. This transition from popular to folk culture signals the importance of Superman to fans and to a larger American populace. Superman's story has become a myth dramatizing identity, morality, and politics. Many studies have examined the ways in which folklore has provided inspiration for other forms of culture, especially literature and cinema. In Superman in Myth and Folklore, Daniel Peretti explores the meaning of folklore inspired by popular culture, focusing not on the Man of Steel's origins but on the culture he has helped create. Superman provides a way to approach fundamental questions of human nature, a means of exploring humanity's relationship with divinity, an exemplar for debate about the type of hero society needs, and an articulation of the tension between the individual and the community. Through examinations of tattoos, humor, costuming, and festivals, Peretti portrays Superman as a corporate-owned intellectual property and a model for behavior, a means for expression and performance of individual identity, and the focal point for disparate members of fan communities. As fans apply Superman stories to their lives, they elevate him to a mythical status. Peretti focuses on the way these fans have internalized various aspects of the character. In doing so, he delves into the meaning of Superman and his place in American culture and demonstrates the character's staying power.